Archive for category: Travel

Today I got the opportunity to visit a few orphanages ran by Lavern, a 50 year old lady from Texas. There are 3 locations within a 10-kilometer radius. This was my first look at real poverty in Africa. Spencer and I drove for a couple of hours down dirt...

Today, I gave an English lesson. They knew I had a TEFL certificate, but I haven’t actually prepared a lesson in four years. Thankfully, they don’t know a lot of English, so I think it went rather well. Haha In the afternoon, I played with the campus staff’s kids...

I was greeted in Nelspruit, South Africa by two gentlemen (John and Spencer) holding up a sign with my name on it. They are both from the Christian university where I had arranged to stay for the next week. We swapped stories during the jeep ride into town. John is...

I had a long layover in London today, Guy Fox Day, and decided to go explore the city a bit. Plus, somehow after this long flight, I had the fattest kankles ever. I figured I should get some blood flowing through my legs to ease the swelling. I had...